Raspberry Pi Geek 08

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Inside this issue of Raspberry Pi Geek, we have lots of the amazing apps and cool projects you’ve come to expect from Raspberry Pi Geek. We’ll explore 3D printing and show you how to make a cool toy using MakerBot Replicator 2 and the OpenSCAD CAD system. We also look at the Odroid-U3 single-board computer, which is more powerful than the Pi and runs Android; adding a touch interface to your project using Electric Paint and Touch Board; and much more!

I’m always excited to see the next issue of Raspberry Pi Geek go to press. When we started doing this magazine, we knew we would have plenty to talk about – with helpful scripts, cool little projects, quirky do-it-yourself contraptions, and all the other delightful surprises we’ve all come to expect from the Raspberry Pi community. But no one could have guessed that so many new cool things would appear in such a short time – specialty add-on boards, alternative Pi-like mini-computer systems, and hundreds of other gadgets and gizmos.

Pi2Go-Lite is a new fully integrated robot kit that makes it easy to get into robotics with the Raspberry Pi. We speak to its creator about how it works, then build our own autonomous line-following robot.

Even with a little bit of Android in Odroid, the small computer works equally well with Linux. In this article, we examine the aspiring quad-core SBC and introduce the most important firmware packages.

An Advent calendar during the Holiday season is a lovely tradition, but the calendars on the market are rather ordinary. We describe a Rasp Pi project that lets you create an innovative and unique Advent calendar.